Chuck Darwin<p>The Galactic Center | Azimuth</p><p>It turns out the center of our galaxy is a wild and woolly place! Besides a <a href="https://c.im/tags/black" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>black</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/hole" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hole</span></a> 4 million times the mass of our Sun, it’s full of young <a href="https://c.im/tags/clusters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clusters</span></a> of stars, <a href="https://c.im/tags/supernova" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>supernova</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/remnants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>remnants</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/molecular" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>molecular</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/clouds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clouds</span></a>, weird <a href="https://c.im/tags/filaments" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>filaments</span></a> of gas, and more.</p><p>The <a href="https://c.im/tags/Galactic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Galactic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Center" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Center</span></a> is in the constellation of Sagittarius, abbreviated ‘Sgr’. </p><p>Sgr A contains the supermassive black hole called Sgr A*, which is worth a whole article of its own. </p><p>Surrounding that is the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Minispiral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minispiral</span></a>: a three-armed spiral of dust and gas falling into the black hole at speeds up to 1000 kilometers per second...<br /><a href="https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2023/03/24/the-galactic-center/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2</span><span class="invisible">023/03/24/the-galactic-center/</span></a></p>